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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Nelson <skadam.diplomats@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nnorman@lawyer.com
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 22:11:42 +0100
Subject: Your Response

Nelson Norman
18, Lekki Ekpe Express Way
Victoria Garden City
Lagos.



Hello

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it should
be treated as such. I am Nelson Norman, a solicitor at law.

I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a deceased client who
share similar last name with you, hereinafter referred to as 'my
client' who worked as an independent oil magnate in my country and who
died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 5th of Nov 2011.
Since the death of my client in Nov, 2011 I have written several
letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended
relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned
personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. More so, I
have received official letters in the last few weeks suggesting a
likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in
line with existing laws by the bank in which my client deposited the
sum of USD$9.8M. The board of directors of the company now adopted a
resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the
payment of this money within the next 15 official working days or
forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. The company had planned to
invoke the abandoned property Decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds
after the expiration of the period given to me but after an
investigation in the finance company, I found out that some members of
the company wants to divert this fund into their private accounts for
their own selfish interest and only want, to use the excuse that since
I am not able to look for some one to make the claim, the money should
be made un-serviceable and that means submitting the fund to the
government of this country and some to the company management which is
not their main intentions.

By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I
am very much aware of my client's financial standing. I do sincerely
sympathize the death of my client, but had thought it unprofitable for
his funds to be submitted to the federal government of this country
and the finance company where it is lodged. I have reasoned very
professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as
the next of kin of my deceased client which is legally possible and
would be done in accordance with the laws of the land. On this note I
decided to search for a credible person and finding that you bear a
similar last name, I was urged to contact you, that I may, with your
consent, present you to the "trustee" bank as my late client's
surviving family member so as to enable you put up a claim to the bank
in that capacity as a next of kin of my client, so that the proceeds
of This Bank Account valued at Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand
Dollars only (USD$9.8M ) can be paid to you, before they get
confiscated or declared UN-serviceable to the bank where this huge
deposit is lodged. Note that this is legal and 100% risk free since I
have all vital documents that would be requested by them and that
would confer you the legal right to make this claim. I find this
possible for the main reason that you bear a similar last name with my
client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in that
capacity. Therefore, to facilitate the immediate re-profiling of this
fund, you need, first to contact me via my alternative email address
signifying your interest and as soon as I obtain your confidence, I
will immediately intimate you with the complete details as well as fax
you the documents, with which you are to proceed and I shall direct on
how to put up an application to the bank.

However, you will have to assent to an express agreement which I will
forward to you in order to bind us in this transaction. Upon the
receipt of your reply, I will send you by fax or E-mail the next step
to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is
hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required
arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer. I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch
with me through my alternative email nnorman@lawyer.com for better
confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to
enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please
let me have your opinion as soon as possible for my contact number is
+2347017428994, and if this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your
urgent response.



Give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely,
Nelson Norman
Tel:+2347017428994

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